... at all that magnificent scenery for the first time. The low black clouds and rain covered everything. The black volcanic sands spread for miles and miles, the road just skims above it forever, rather like the Nullarbor Plains except for the colour. At times, extremely long narrow single lane bridges seem to float above the sands and really spook you out. There are hardly any trees in Iceland, partly because of the huge amount of ice that ...

... I stopped at Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon where huge icebergs break off a glacier and float together in a large lagoon before reaching the ocean. There I had an amphibian boat tour scheduled to get a closer look at the icebergs. On the tour I got to see all the different types of icebergs as well as some seals swimming in the lagoon. Our tour guide brought a small iceberg into the ...

... and insisting on 4 new all-season tyres immediately - again just as they were closing (Icelanders always seem so willing to stay open late or go that extra mile). That night as the snow abated I think our little cabin on the very exposed field almost got blown away and the girls were quite traumatized by the gorgeous Icelandic Sheep Dog x border collie x golden retriever who stayed huddled outside our front door in ...

... feeling it may have been a hanging offence. Between us we had some spectacular losses, which you would have thought would have pleased those we were playing against, but it didn't seem to at all. If anything it seemed to make them even more surly. I really don't like the way some players talk in bridge talk to their partner as if you are not even there... and when we said "hello" it was almost frowned on. All the while the views out of the windows were of steep rolling ...